====== Nightstrider ======

**Size:** Colossal (L100ft, W40ft, D12ft).\\
**Propulsion:** 750 square yards of cloth.\\
**Speed:** 15 knots, 218 miles.\\
**Crew:** 150\\
**Cargo:** 300 tonnes\\
**Hull:** 10" of solid oak at the water line.\\
**Deck:** 6" of solid oak.\\
**Mast:** 140 feet from the water line.\\
**Castles:** Forward and aft, 10" solid oak.\\
**Weapons:** Two light catapults on each castle and two more on the main deck; five heavy ballistae below-decks (including one to the rear) and six light ballistae on the gun deck.\\
**Ship Qualities:** Oceanic, Frigate.\\
**Flag:**  [[gaeleth:places:Alekdan Principalities]]' Over'raj [[gaeleth:people:Sam]] (and sometimes [[gaeleth:places:Rakore]]' [[gaeleth:mercantile:Gideon Enterprises]])\\
**Cost and Construction Time:** 38,950gp, and 1yr, 2wks.\\

The //Nightstrider// is a heavy galleon commissioned on the 2nd of Dalan, 1330 Avard.  The frigate was originally intended to be part of a new batch of coastal defensive ships, but the vessel was awarded Captain [[gaeleth:people:Kelmok Nightstrider]] for faithful service to Gideon Enterprises and to Rakore.

Captain Kelly hand-picked his crew from among the darker and tougher sailors available, using thieves, assassins, pirates, thugs, and other ne'er do wells right alongside some of the toughest rangers, clerics, and fighters he could find.